Melbourne · LGS and structural steel
Light-gauge steel wall, floor and roof frames, the structural steel that goes with them, and the crew that stands it all up. Detailed to your plans, certified by our engineers, delivered on your programme.
What we do
Most builders juggle a frame supplier, a steel fabricator and an installer, and carry the gaps between them. FrameSet takes all three.
Wall panels, floor joists and roof trusses rolled from G550 coil, detailed in FrameCAD to your architectural and structural drawings.
Beams, columns, lintels and portal frames fabricated from shop drawings, with the holes, cleats and coating your detailer specified.
Our crews stand the frames and set the steel. Add fall guard, flooring, windows and roof plumbing through our partners if you want one line on the contract.
How it works
Send the architectural set. We quote the frame, the steel and the install, itemised.
Our detailers draw every panel and beam. You check openings, heights and services before anything is rolled.
Frames are rolled and assembled, steel is fabricated. You get a production date in writing.
Craned to site in sequence. Our crew stands the ground floor, the first floor, then the roof.
Engineer's design and inspection certificates, computations and the roof plumbing certificate, all on handover.
Why steel
Steel frames go up faster than timber, do not warp or burn, and arrive with the engineering already done.
No chemical barriers, no timber to eat.
Steel does not add fuel to a fire.
No bowing, no shrinkage, no cracked plaster later.
About a third the weight of timber. Smaller cranes, faster handling.
Questions builders ask
Both. Frames only, frames with structural steel, or a fully installed shell. Installation is carried out by registered installers and quoted as a separate line so you can see it.
The architectural set as PDF. For a firm price we also want the structural drawings, window and door schedules, and any services penetrations. We list exactly what the quote covers.
Detailing typically takes three to four weeks after your sign-off of openings and heights, and production two to three weeks after that. We put the dates in writing with the order.
A registered structural engineer designs the frame and issues the Regulation 126 design certificate for your building permit. An inspection certificate follows at completion of the frame.
Melbourne metropolitan and regional Victoria. Ask about other states for larger projects.